The bootlegging charge came after officers allegedly found the employees selling alcohol on the premises without a license.

9:55 AM,
Nov. 4, 2013

Pengfei Sun

Written by

Mitchell Schmidt
Iowa City Press-Citizen

Three Asian restaurant employees have been charged with bootlegging after allegedly serving alcohol in an Iowa City eatery without a liquor license.

Police have charged three Uncle Sun employees with bootlegging after conducting a bar check of the 100 S. Linn St. restaurant at about 12:50 a.m. Sunday.

Iowa City Police were initially stopped at the door by bar staff while attempting to conducted a bar check and after gaining access to the restaurant, police located multiple open bottles of alcohol, a money box, multiple red cups, toppers to liquor ...